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DEFINITION: To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship.
Verboticisms
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Fashifinitize
Created by: Dboozer
Pronunciation: (fash-uh-fin-uh-tize)
Sentence: Bob began to wonder about Alice when she fashifinitized her new sweater, especially when she began insisting that he call it "Bob, Jr."
Etymology: fashion+affinity+ize (verb)
Pashion
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: pash-un
Sentence: Her pashion for her fur shawl had the neighbors talking. It had an uncanny resemblance to her dog that had recently died.
Etymology: fashion, passion
Phatfiend
Created by: MisUndrstd
Pronunciation: Fat-fi-e-nd
Sentence: My cousin Vinnie recently joined a Hip Hop boy band in the Bronx and it wasn't long before he started wearing his pants around his ankles. Obviously, Vinnie has disgraced the good name of the family by becoming a "Phatfiend".
Etymology: Phat clothing line+ fiend= Phatfiend!
Wearfettish
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: where fet ish
Sentence:
Etymology:
Engearment
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: En-geer-ment
Sentence: It was a surprising and awkward situation, watching her propose to her one-of-a-kind opossum skin scarf.
Etymology: endear[ment] (to love; love for something) + gear/garment (clothing)
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COMMENTS:
One person's roadkill...great word - galwaywegian, 2007-07-09: 07:52:00
Yes, but if you shop at Neiman-Marcus, you have to pay on 90-day terms of engearment. - Kyoti, 2007-07-09: 15:18:00
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Leaver
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: l-eh-v-er
Sentence: Bobby never took of his leaver shoes because they reminded him of his dead pet cow which incidentally was sold to a leather shop...which Bobby just realized...
Etymology: leather+lover
Fashiopassion
Created by: Kiki1234
Pronunciation: fashi-o-pash-un
Sentence: she was a fashiopassion type of person, she had a great passion for her high-heeled shoes..
Etymology: fashion-passion
Suitimacy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: soot/tuh/muh/see
Sentence: He had such a strong suitimacy with his Hugo Boss that his wife bought one for herself to wear around the house to get some attention.
Etymology: suit + intimacy
Comments:
ziggy41 - 2007-07-09: 14:04:00
I miss the Verbotonews. :(
I was at UC Berkeley last week, as one of the speakers the Language Creation Conference. See: http://conlangs.berkeley.edu/about.php it was great fun and I met some amazing people! I will catch up on the Verbotomy news posting tomorrow ~ James
ziggy41 - 2007-07-10: 00:06:00
Oh, that conference looks really fun, can't wait for the wonderful news. And I loved the cartoon last week (great job!)